"The celebration of my mother's birthday is the personal affair of my mother and me. As the president of Peking University, should I be deprived of that right?"

Zhou Qifeng, president of Peking University, said on Tuesday. On July 13, Zhou returned to his hometown, Liuyang, Hunan province, to celebrate his mother's 90th birthday. He knelt down in front of his mother and cried. After the video and pictures of the birthday appeared online, his behavior was the topic of widespread public discussion.

(China Daily 08/01/2012 page2)